Re: Commander's Quarters
A small skeleton of a profile sprung to life in the digital space of the Hermes' computer network. The most basic facts known about this Grueless person. Prometheus had learned this trick for improving his abilities to comprehend data while sorting through millions of potential terrorists. It had been highly effective, with a success rate ten times that of any other method. As well as success could be measured in that field anyways. As they said, the only ones that counted were the ones you missed. And the AI never missed.
The profile was coming together. He took news reports and other media and jumbled it together. Things that got more than two hits went into the profile. He pulled records from dozens of government agencies. Two or more hits, and it was added. The lieutenant traced Grueless' history back to his childhood, and marked dates, times, and locations.
A mental progress bar at the back of Prometheus' mind filled. The life support system had completely reset. The air filters shut down all at once, for a brief moment. Then they were on again. Idly downloading the new software for the life support from the now much more efficient comm arrays, the AI continued to watch the profile of Grueless grow to immense proportions. As he did so, something in it caught his attention. Investigating further, he discovered another one of Spencer's 'friends' involved.
Thirty seconds after being told to investigate Grueless' background, the AI reported back to the Commander.
Sir. I have constructed a profile on Grueless, using multiple government databases, among other things. There are some interesting facts I think you should know about contained within.
Grueless was a dock worker at Moonbase, before being hired by Olympus to give them a "shutdown" corner. It appears his skills as a dock worker didn't go beyond his strength, however. He was not a very bright fellow, frequently getting into fights or otherwise attracting trouble. Grueless was also heavily involved with the criminal Underworld. Though the SFL does not ban players from betting, the only bet they can make for their own team is to win, to prevent players from shaving points. I believe he may have been involved in a gambling ring, which payed him off or otherwise coerced him into causing the Olympus team's performance to suffer. Perhaps he was killed because of his performance in that capacity.
Oddly enough, before MoonBase Colony, Grueless was on Titan Colony as, guess what, a dockworker. A day after leaving Titan, there was an explosion at one of the scanning towers. While the tower was down, a Demon Destroyer attacked the Sanri Merchant ship carrying the Ambassador. The man with the packet, which I now suspect to be a weapon of some sort, was on the passenger list of that very ship.
Sir, I think we're dealing with some kind of Demon saboteur group. This station may be under threat from the group very soon. Perhaps within the next 24 hours.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:22, Tue 19 Apr 2011.